English Literature reading list: Oxford, New College
Oxford, New College lists 79 books for applicants and new students in English Literature. The list starts with Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Villette by Charlotte Bronte and Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. 5 of the books also appear on other Oxford and Cambridge lists we collected.
Reading Lists for English (2026-7) (University of Oxford), PDF. www.new.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2026-06/Reading%20List%20English%20Freshers%202026.pdf
Retrieved 3 October 2026. Check the source for the current year's version.
The 79 books
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- 77.The Victorian Period: The Intellectual and Cultural Context of English Literature, 1830-90Robin Gilmour
- 78.Modernism: A Guide to European Literature 1890-1930Malcolm Bradbury and James McFarlane
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Other English Literature lists
- Oxford, Faculty of English · 8 books
- Cambridge, Robinson College · 42 books
How this list was made
We fetched the list from the institution's own page or PDF on the date shown and recorded each title and author as printed. We did not add books, and we copied no descriptions. Obvious misprints are corrected and marked. The extraction was done with AI assistance and checked against the source. Lists change every year, so check the source page before you buy anything.